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• Robust IT connectivity and digitalisation
• Good governance, especially
e-Governance and citizen participation
• Sustainable environment
• Safety and security of citizens, particularly
women, children and the elderly
• Health and education

Internet of Things (IoT) technology provides information
and connectivity necessary for advanced development.

Th e core infrastructure elements in a smart
city would include the following facilities.
• Adequate water supply
• Assured electricity supply
• Sanitation, including solid waste
management
• Effi cient urban mobility and public
transport
• Aff ordable housing, especially for the poor Elements of a smart city

Smart Cities of the World

Skolkovo Technopolis, Meixi District, China
Russia • Business district
UNAM, Mexico • Smart buildings • Renewable energy
• Connected campus • Smart transportation • Smart transportation Hwaseong Dongtan,
• Smart identifi cation • R&D centre • Smart buildings South Korea
• Smart transportation • Smart city operations • Business district
• Smart public safety • Smart traffi c and
• Smart administration transportation
• e-Learning • Smart buildings
• U-city framework

Songdo IBD, South Korea
• Global business district
• Renewable energy
• Smart transportation
• Smart buildings
São Paulo, Brazil
• Connected stadiums • Smart city operations
• Smart buildings
• Sustainable hospitality
• Urban mobility
• Smart public safety Masdar City, Abu Dhabi Lavasa, India
• Smart transportation • Sustainable city • New urbanism
• Renewable energy • Eco-friendly planning
Existing city • Waste management • Smart buildings
• Economic zone • Smart transportation
Noncity
• Smart real estate • e-Government
New city
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